Chess Olympiad 2024 LIVE: India is taking on China in the open section while the Indian women’s team is facing Georgia in Round 7
45th FIDE Chess Olympiad Round 7 2024 Live: Gukesh defeated Wei Yi, Ding Liren’s replacement on the top board for China, to help India win their seventh round tie against China. The rest of the three India vs China games ended in draws so the fate of the match-up rested on this game.
Meanwhile, international master Vantika Agrawal took down grandmaster Bella Khotenashvilli to hand India the lead over Georgia in the seventh round of the Chess Olympiad. Vaishali then sealed India’s victory while Divya Deshmukh vs Nino Batsiashvili and Harika Dronavalli vs Nana Dzagnidze ended in draws.
In the open and the women’s section, both the Indian teams are the sole leaders heading into the second half of the Chess Olympiad. Both teams are so far unbeaten.
The Indian team in the open section has 14 match points after the win over China. The Indian women’s team also has 14 match points after defeating Georgia.
China has prevented Gukesh taking on Ding Liren on the top board by resting the world champion.
Follow live updates from India vs China and India vs Georgia from Round 7 of the Chess Olympiad by scrolling down
INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Chess Olympiad game between GM D Gukesh (2764) vs GM Wei Yi (2762) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Chess Olympiad game between GM Yangyi Yu (2703) vs GM R. Praggnanandha (2750) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Chess Olympiad game between GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) vs GM Bu Xiangzhi (2693) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Chess Olympiad game between GM Wang Yue (2637) vs GM Pentala Harikrishna (2686) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Chess Olympiad game between GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) vs GM Nana Dzagnidze (2508) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Chess Olympiad game between IM Lela Javakhishvili (2446) vs GM Vaishali R. (2498) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Chess Olympiad game between IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) vs GM Nino Batsiashvili (2461) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Chess Olympiad game between GM Bella Khotenashvilli (2432) vs IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
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Chess Olympiad 2024: Vidit Gujrathi, Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and Pentala Harikrishna are part of Team India at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. (Express photo by Partha Paul)
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First uploaded on: 18-09-2024 at 19:10 IST
